Tag: cascade bicycle club

July 27, 2021

Lee Lambert named Executive Director of Cascade and Washington Bikes

After more than a year since their last Executive Director resigned, Cascade Bicycle Club and its sister organization Washington Bikes have selected their new leader. Lee Lambert will take the reigns of one of the largest statewide bicycling organizations in the nation starting September 12. Lambert has been the Executive Director of City Year Seattle/King…
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June 21, 2021

Cascade will host an August (not so) Chilly Hilly

With iconic images of dozens of people biking off the ferry together, Cascade Bicycle Club’s Chilly Hilly ride has signaled the start of the bike events season for nearly half a century. As the name suggests, the February ride around Bainbridge Island is often cold and rainy, though riders warm up quickly pedaling up the…
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June 16, 2021

Support for repealing all-ages helmet law grows as Health Board begins debate

The list of organizations backing a proposal to repeal King County’s all-ages bicycle helmet law includes many local bicycling and safe streets groups like Seattle Neighborhood Greenways and Cascade Bicycle Club as well as national organizations like People for Bikes and the League of American Bicyclists. This momentum comes as the King County Board of…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, helmet laws, helmets, real change, seattle neighborhood greenways
May 20, 2021

Bike Everywhere Day is Friday! It may be reduced in scale, but still a great excuse to get up early to ride

There’s no rally downtown, no after-party in Ballard and only a fraction of the community-created “celebration stations” in a typical year. But hey, Bike Everywhere Day 2021 is still an excuse to to ride your bike Friday, so it’s still a pretty good day. Biking is really fun. There are six stations in Seattle plus…
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May 5, 2021

Cascade makes the Pedaling Relief Project permanent

The Seattle Pedaling Relief Project (“SPRP”) started in the spring of 2020 as a way to help food banks deal with the sudden influx of people who needed to access their services at a time when COVID restrictions made it more difficult for people to get there. The SPRP was initially designed as a “cargo…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, maxwell burton, mike lang, seattle pedaling relief project, tamara schmautz
April 22, 2021

After cancelling most 2020 events, Cascade’s ready to roll again (but no STP, Emerald Ride or RSVP)

As a major event producer, the COVID-19 pandemic hit Cascade Bicycle Club hard along with so many other organizations and businesses. After Chilly Hilly in February 2020, nearly all of Cascade’s annual events were cancelled. But after more than a year, the club is finally ready to start hosting events again. The lineup includes many…
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